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   Mobile Logo  SELF-CARE HOW POETRY CAN TEACH US ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH by Liz Newman May 25, 2021 42 Poetry and mental health go hand-in-hand for so many of us because poetry gives our hearts a place to express our experiences in a healing way. Poems offer us a safe space to process our pain and vocalize our hardships. Poetry is a beautiful gift we get to share that has so much to teach us about the topic of mental health.    1. Poetry ignites our compassion and helps us see others in their struggles.  Poetry evokes emotion in its readers, and it provides an opportunity to open up through vulnerable storytelling and honest reflection. When we read a deeply personal poem, it challenges us to see the world from the writer’s perspective. And even though we may struggle with different things or battle different hardships, there is a vulnerability to poetry that calls us to compassion for one another.    2. Poetry offers a therapeutic outlet for proces...

   Mobile Logo  POETRY, SELF-CARE 3 POEMS FOR COMFORT IN TOUGH TIMES by Liz Newman July 23, 2020 11.94k When I think of the poets who have brought me comfort recently, Angie Waters, AKA A. Shea, immediately comes to mind. Angie is a writer who has such a talent for writing about the hard stuff in a way that is hopeful and heartfelt. Her pieces have an immense depth of emotion and resilience. They serve as a beautiful reminder that we can experience the magnitude of our emotions and still be strong, and that’s a message of comfort that we can all hold onto during these tough times.    I chose three pieces for further reflection which spoke to me deeply, but I know that you’ll find your own favorites as well if you take a look at her body of work. I hope these three poems bring your hearts some peace today.    1. “Dance with sorrow when it is your partner when you cannot keep time with hope Step into the arms of what your heart is facing and embrace it ...

 Skip to main content Skip to header left navigation 12 Poems About Life For a Beautiful Life Well-Lived PUBLISHED: MAY 29, 2019 · MODIFIED: MAY 10, 2021 BY ZINA HARRINGTON · MAY CONTAIN AFFILIATE LINKS 11463 SHARES 4693 6770 Loving this collection of 12 Poems About Life For a Beautiful Life Well-Lived Whether you’re looking for poems of encouragement for yourself or poems about life to celebrate someone you love, you’ll find a wonderful collection of inspirational messages below. 12 Poems About Life For a Beautiful Life Well-Lived Some quotes about life are so beautifully written, they are absolutely poetic. Here are twelve short poems to inspire a beautiful life well-lived that I’ve stumbled upon while looking for UnBusy daily inspiration. 1. When I think about inspirational poems for women, I think of Brooke Hampton and Barefoot Five. Loving this short, unique, strong woman poem about life! I’m busy; but not in the way most people accept. I’m busy calming my fear and finding my ...

 Interesting Literature 10 of the Best Poems about Change and Transformation Change is a topic that has fascinated poets for many centuries, whether it’s literal or physical metamorphosis (which the Roman poet Ovid wrote a whole epic poem about), a change in social attitudes, or the way lovers in a relationship change in their affections. Below, we introduce ten of the greatest poems about change of various kinds. For a good anthology of poetry, we highly recommend The Oxford Book of English Verse  – perhaps the best poetry anthology on the market (we offer our pick of the best poetry anthologies here). William Shakespeare, Sonnet 123. No, Time, thou shalt not boast that I do change: Thy pyramids built up with newer might To me are nothing novel, nothing strange; They are but dressings of a former sight … One of the sonnets Shakespeare addressed to a young man, Sonnet 123 sees Shakespeare swearing to be faithful to the youth and to refuse to change with time, no matter how har...

  Interesting Literature  MENU LITERATURE 10 of the Best Poems about Poverty and the Poor The best poems about being poor, selected by Dr Oliver Tearle LATEST VIDEOS ‘Poetry’ is close to ‘poverty’, and not just because the words sound so similar, sharing all but one letter. Many poets, of course, have known penury and been penniless, although a few, such as Lord Byron and Alfred, Lord Tennyson, made a fortune from their poems. (Tennyson was once offered 1,000 guineas to write eight verses for Christmas cards.) And many poets have written brilliantly about the plight of the poor, and about poverty as a theme. Here are ten of the greatest poems about the poor and poverty. Robert Herrick, ‘Poverty and Riches’. We begin this selection of the finest poems about poverty and being poor with one of the axiomatic couplets of the Cavalier poet, Robert Herrick (1591-1674). Herrick urges the reader to be happy with a little rather than wanting more and more in the vain hope that acquisiti...

 Interesting Literature 10 of the Best Poems about Everyday Life interestingliterature interestingliteratu The poetry of the everyday has come to the fore in the last century or so. Movements such as imagism and modernism, in particular, helped to make poetry focusing on everyday life and the ordinariness of modern urban living not only possible, but meaningful: in just a few lines, these poems dealing with very normal scenarios manage to contain significance that goes way beyond the ‘ordinary’ and often touches upon the revelatory. Here’s our pick of ten of the very best poems about everyday life. Thomas Hood, ‘The Song of the Shirt’. First published in 1843, ‘The Song of the Shirt’ takes its title from the song the woman sings to herself as she works hard at her stitching, making shirts from dawn till dusk (in fact, even beyond dusk). Work! work! work! While the cock is crowing aloof! And work — work — work, Till the stars shine through the roof! All day, every day, the woman sla...

  SUBSCRIBE SIGN IN 30 Beautiful Love Poems Begging to Be Shared We're all heart eyes for these romantic verses. By Elena Nicolaou  Jan 11, 2021 "I love you" writing and pink typewriter.NISERINGETTY IMAGES Turn on the radio at any given moment, and chances are you'll hear a love song. In the pages of poetry books, a fixation on love is just as prevalent. We humans love love—and poets have spent centuries coming up with ways to express all of its forms in movies, literature, and beyond. If you're in search of a love poem for the special person in your life (your husband, or wife, perhaps), your only challenge is volume. There are simply so many excellent options, from famous romantic poems you've likely heard before (think: the work of e.e. cummings) and beautiful modern options you may not have (like "Poem to First Love" by Matthew Yeager). And, since Valentine's Day is around the corner, and coming up with the right words to fill a card or coupl...